Apparatus for composing and casting type.



H. A. EARLE & P. W. DRUITT. APPARATUS FOR COMPOSING AND CASTING TYPE.

APPLICATlON FILED MAY 31. 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. I913.

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APPARATUS FOR COMPOSING AND CASTING TYPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. '7, 1915;

Application filed May 31, 1913. Serial No. 771,043.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, HARDMAN ARTHUR EARLE and PERCY WALTER DRUITT, both subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing, respectively, in London, England, and Surrey, England, and whose post-office addresses are, respectively, Knightsbridge Mansions, in the county of London, England, and Baron Cottage, London Road, Mitoham, in the county of Surrey, England, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Apparatus for Composing and Casting Type, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for composing and casting type wherein two or more magazines are provided for the purpose of accommodating a larger assortment of matrices, and has for its primary object to provide improved means for separating the matrices into groups and delivering them to their respective magazines.

According to this invention the separation of the matrices according to letter character and also according to font or group is efi'ected partly in customary manner by means of cooperating-teeth combinations on a single distributer bar and the matrices and partly by means of a guide or receiver oscillating in timed relation with the progression of the matrices along the distributer bar, which guide is adapted to receive matrices of different groups asthey drop from any distributer bar at successive phases of movement and. guide them to their appropriate magazines which are ranged alongside each other.

eighth tooth combination of matrix-sue taining teeth and making provision. for the discharge of matrices from the bar at every of an inch or every half revolution of the distributerworms instead of at every 9; inch interval or every complete revolution of the worms as has been the usual practice heretofore, double the number of matrices can be distributed by a bar of given length. Moreover, although the number of release points along the bar is thus doubled, thisinvention enables an equal number of recelving channels to be used wlthout sacrlfici ng any of the requisite width of the individual channels.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation with part guic Thus by giving the dlstributer bar 1n customary manner an broken away showing one construction of the improved distributing device; Fig. 1 is a part plan view showing the relation of the inlet openings of the oscillating chutes which is the two groups of matrices into their respective magazines; Fig. 2 is a-right hand elevation; Fig. 3 isa vertical transverse section; Fig. 4 is a part view corresponding with Fig. 1 showing a modified arrangement 1 of matrix chutes; Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are part views coresponding with Fig. 3 but showing several modifications in the construction of the oscillating matrix guide and associated parts.

. The conveying of the different groups of matrices into their respective magazines is effected by means of an oscillating guide pivoted at a and extending the whole width of the magazines and provided on either side with chutes b c for receiving and guiding the matrices d to the appropriate channels 72 0 of their respective magazines 6, 0, the chutes alongone side being staggered with respect to those on the other, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1*. Further, the

two groups of chutes may be inclined to the vertical oppositely to each other as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,'so as to bring the lower ends of the chutes on the two sides into the same planes and into correct registration with the uniformly spaced channels of the twormagazines, which channels are preferably throughout their whole length, and necessarily at their lower or outlet ends,

, in register with each other in the respective magazines. Alternately the chutes b, 0 may be vertical (Fig. 4) and the stationary guide channels 79, 0 which, for convenience, are interposed between the oscillating chutes b, c and the magazine proper b, a, may.

have their walls oppositely inclined to the vertical with the same object, as shown in dotted linesjin Fig. 4. I

The oscillating guide is so correlated with the conveyer worms 6, e, e? of the distributer as to make one stroke for each'half revolution of the conveyor worms and thereby bring alternately each group of matrix chutes 7), 0 into the correct position toreceive the matrices from the distributer bar f and guide them into the respective maga- ZIIlGS.

matrices belonging to one group to be distinguished from those of the other group otherwlse than 1n the comblnation of the serrations f which is formed thereon for cooperation with the teeth of the distributer bar.

Motion may be imparted to the oscillating guide 6, c from a cam g rotating synchronously with the distributer screws c, c, 0 by means of a cam lever h and link 71 connected with a lever j journaledon the axle a of the oscillating guide, this latter lever being spring-connected through a spring m with another lever ic adjacent to it and fast on the axle a of the oscillating guide, in such manner that should the guide Z), 0 meet with any abnormal resistance to its movement the spring m will yield and thereby obviate damage to the mechanism. The correct angular relation of the two levers is determined and maintained by means of an adjustable stop 91.. v I

Provision may be made for holding the oscillating guide in either extreme position when it is desired to use the apparatus as a single magazine machine. This may be effected, as shown more partcularly in Fig. 2, by means of a pair of swing props or struts 0, 7) the former of which serves to hold the roller h of the cam lever h off the surface of the cam y when swung into engagement with the tail of lever j, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The lever 70, and consequently theaxle a, under the. tension of the spring m assumes its normal relation to the.

lever j, and consequently the chute c is and remains, in these circumstances, in position to receive the matrices from the distributer. Should, however, the strut p be also swung into the position in which it engages the tail of the lever 76, this lever, and consequently the axle a, is held in the position in which thec'hute 7) receives the matrices from the distributer.

As shown in Fig. 3 the chutes b, c are made separately and are complete in themselves with side walls 9 and the internal partitions forming the various compartments for the diiferent matrices, the-chutes being separately assembled on the axle a and pinned to each other to form a rigid structure inany suitable manner.

In the modification shown in Fig. .5 the partitions project on either side in staggered relation from a central longitudinal plate or beam 1' and the lower edges of this beam and of the partitions are circular and struck from the axis a of the osci lating beam, the upper edges of the fixed guide chutes 6, 0 being circular and struck rom the same center. As in the construction of Fig. 3, the outer side walls 9 are secured-by suitable means upon the outer edges of the partitions of the chutes.

In the, construction of Fig. 6, the chutes should it. be desirable to do so. 'struction of Fig. 7 might be further modi- 5, c themselves are formed as a single ining part of the mechanism, and are replaced by upward extensions of the outer Walls 'of the stationary chutes or guide channels 7)", 0. It will be seen that this construction involves'an angular separation of the walls Q which leaves a gap between the vertical edge of the receiving chute for the time being) and the extension 9 which forms the outer side wall of the same. To obviate this defeet, as shown in Fig. 7, the oscillating chute structure is made cylindrical in form and the side walls Q2, which are separate from the chute, form parts of a cylinder the axis of which is the axle a of thechutes Z), c and the radius of which is slightly greater than that of the partition plates of the chutes. The side walls Q2 are hinged either to the upper edges of the side walls of the fixed channels 6, 0, or as shown independently thereof, for

the purpose of readily assembling the parts and obtaining access to the chutes b, 0. Further, it may be arranged to oscillate the walls Q2 synchronously with the chutes b, 0

The confied to eliminate the stationary channels 11, 0 entirely, the diameter of the oscillating chutes being suitably increased to provide the requisite length of guide channels and the inlets of the. magazines being formed on the curve like those of the channels 5, 0 in Figs. 5, 6 and 7.

Having now particularly. described and ascertained the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is 1. A multiple magazine type composing and casting machine havinga type distributer which comprises means whereby matrices belonglng to (lllfGIGIll) magazines are discharged in succession from the distributer bar at diil'erent phases of revolution of the conveyer worms and an oscillating guide arranged with its axis extending the whole width of the magazines and provided on each sidelof the axis with a group of chutes for the reception of the matrices and means for oscillating the guide in synchronism with a prearranged partial revolution of the conveyer worms thereby bringing each group of chutes into position to receive the matrices from the distributer bar and divert them into their appropriate magazines, substantially as described. v

:2. A multiple magazine type composing and casting machine having a type distributer which comprises an oscillating guide formed with two longitudinal compartments each with a row of chutes for receiving and guiding the matrices to the appropriate channels of their respective magazmes, the chutes 1n the two compartments being staggered at their receiving ends, and a single distributer bar aranged to deliver matrices to both of said compartments.

3. A multiple magazine type composing and casting machine having a type distributer which comprises an oscillating guide formed with two longitudinal compartments each with a row of chutes for receiving and guiding the matrices into the appropriate channels of their respective magazines, the chutes in the two compartments being staggered at their receiving ends, a single distributer bar arranged to deliver matrices to both of said compartments and two sets of stationary guide channels interposed between the oscillating guide and the magazines.

4. A multiple magazine type composing and casting machine having a type distributer which comprises a distributer bar, conveyer worms cooperating with the bar, means whereby the matrices belonging to difierent magazines are discharged in succession from the distributer bar at different phases of revolution of the conveyer worms, an oscillating guide having two rows of chutes, and two sets of stationary guide channels forming a continuation of said chutes and leading to the compartments of two magazines, substantially as described.

5. A multiple magazine type composing and casting machine having a type distributer which comprises a distributer bar, conveyer worms cooperating with the bar, means whereby the matrices belonging to different magazines are discharged in succession from the distributer bar at diiierent phases of revolution of the conveyer worms a cam rotating synchronously with the conveyer screws, an oscillating guide driven by the said cam and mechanism comprising a pair of levers yieldingly coupled, substantially as described.

6. A multiple magazine type composing and casting machine having a type distributer which comprises a distributer bar, conveyer worms cooperating with the bar, means whereby the matrices belonging to different magazines are discharged in succession from the distributer bar at different phases of revolution of the conveyer worms an oscillating guide and means for holding said guide in either extreme position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARDMAN A. EARLE. PERCY WALTER DRUITT. WVitnesses GEORGE HENRY'HADDEN, KITTY SIMMoNs.

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